| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 05, 1949 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | Caravelas Bay, Brazil |
| Operator: | British South American Airways |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | Avro 685 York 1 |
| Registration: | G-AHEX |
| cn / ln: | 1301 |
| Aboard: | 17 (passengers:11 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:3 crew:0) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | A blown tire during takeoff led to damage to the landing gear, engine and oil line. Lack of oil caused loss of the engine and the crew was not able to feather the prop. This led to overspeeding and an engine fire. The plane made a spiral descent and crashed to the ground. |
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